What important metrical innovation did Nartosabdho help bring to gamelan music? In Tr. 7-16, Worlds of Music, p. 363, on what beat is Nartosabdho tapping?
What will be an ideal response?
• Nartosabdho helped bring the (Western) triple/waltz meter to gamelan music:
• | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | . . .
• The "x" in Tr. 7-16 represents Nartosabdho's tap on the first beat or downbeat of each triple-meter measure. Note the three beats in each measure of the melody that are occurring along with each of his taps (each beat is indicated by a scale tone number).
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